Blew a render on a client project because I forgot to check proxies first

I was sitting in my home office last Tuesday with a 4K timeline that kept crashing, turns out I had three clips linked to offline proxies from a shoot six months ago. Has anyone else had a weird proxy issue kill their timeline right before a deadline?

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bennett.mason22d ago

Man that's brutal, I feel your pain. Had a similar thing happen last fall where my whole timeline went red because the proxy folder got moved to a different drive during an update. Spent three hours re-linking everything while the client was sending me "just checking in" emails every twenty minutes... really makes you want to throw your computer out the window.

laura_allen21d ago

Wait, did your timeline go completely red or just some clips?

scott.jana21d ago

Wait, the WHOLE timeline went red? That's insane, I would have lost my mind if every single clip just dropped like that. Three hours of re-linking sounds like a nightmare, especially with the client breathing down your neck. I've had proxy folders get shuffled but never that bad, usually just a few clips get orphaned.